Table 6.  Average Capacity Utilization by Major Sector: January 2007 - January 2008

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                                                 |                                  2007                                  | 2008
Sector                                           |------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------
                                                 |  Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug  Sept   Oct   Nov   Dec |  Jan
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Manufacturing                                      79.6r 79.0r 79.6r 79.5r 79.6r 79.9r 80.3r 80.0r 80.2r 80.1r 80.1r 80.2r  80.2

Food manufacturing                                 81.4r 81.5r 82.0r 81.8r 81.6r 82.9r 83.0r 83.0r 82.7r 82.7r 82.6r 84.1r  83.3
Beverages                                          66.5  66.4  66.7  66.7  67.3  67.0  66.6  66.7  66.5  67.2  66.9r 70.3   70.0
Tobacco Products                                   64.9  65.0  65.0  64.9  65.1  65.2  65.1  65.1  65.0  65.0  65.0  64.8   65.3
Textiles                                           78.8r 79.0  78.9r 78.8r 79.0r 78.8  79.1r 79.1r 78.7r 78.8  78.6  79.1   79.0
Footwear and wearing apparel                       77.1  77.0  76.2  76.9  77.0  77.1  77.2  76.7  77.2  76.7  76.6  76.7r  82.3
Leather products                                   83.0  82.9  82.9  82.9  83.3  83.5  83.8  83.9  83.9  83.7  84.0  83.5   84.0
Wood and wood products                             67.4r 68.1r 68.7r 68.9r 68.4r 69.8r 69.4r 70.1r 69.4r 69.4r 68.4r 68.2r  69.0
Paper and paper products                           83.8  82.9  84.0  83.7  83.8  84.0  83.0  84.5  83.9  84.5  83.1  83.0   84.0
Publishing and printing                            78.5  78.6  79.3  78.0  78.8  79.5  79.4  77.9  79.2  78.8  78.1  78.9r  78.2
Petroleum products                                 84.1  79.4  82.5  84.4  84.2  84.1  84.3  84.2  83.7  84.2r 84.3r 84.5r  83.8
Chemical products (excluding Plastic Products)     80.8r 80.7r 81.4r 81.4r 81.9r 82.3r 81.8r 82.1r 81.9r 81.3r 82.0r 81.5r  81.7
Rubber and plastic products                        79.5r 79.3r 79.8r 79.2r 79.6r 80.1r 80.1r 80.0r 80.0r 80.4r 79.9r 80.0r  79.9
Non-metallic mineral products                      78.4r 78.4r 79.5r 78.7r 78.6r 78.8r 78.4r 78.6r 78.3r 78.2r 77.9r 78.3r  78.3
Basic metals                                       84.8r 84.8r 85.1r 84.8r 86.2r 83.6r 86.0r 86.4r 84.9r 86.4r 86.1r 84.6r  84.7
Fabricated metal products                          74.0  74.4  74.7  74.4  75.3  75.4  75.3  76.0  74.4  75.2  75.4  74.3r  75.6
Machinery excluding electrica                      76.6r 77.6r 76.2r 75.8r 75.2r 76.1r 76.1  76.3r 77.3r 76.1r 77.2r 76.6r  76.9
Electrical machinery                               82.3r 81.6r 82.3r 81.9r 81.7r 82.1r 83.0  81.4r 83.0r 82.0r 82.1r 82.0r  82.2
Transport equipment                                72.0  72.0  72.1  70.9  72.2  72.1  73.5  73.6  73.7  74.8  72.1  71.8r  72.0
Furniture and fixtures                             76.2  76.2  76.8  75.4  75.2  75.5  75.4  75.4  74.7  74.6  74.7  74.8   74.6
Miscellaneous manufactures                         83.1  83.2  83.2  83.2  83.9  84.4  83.7  84.6  84.5  84.4  83.5  83.2   83.2

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Note:    r - revised due to updating of data from late responding establishments and revision of industry disaggregation

Source:  Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI)
         Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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